Hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are expected. It was a four-day Carnaval themed festival.
Stonewall Pride’s most artistic and entertaining event is back, bigger and better for its 2nd consecutive year! OUR NIGHT OUT 2019 is the official Friday night event for Stonewall Pride Wilton Manors Parade & Festival. Officials say that more than 120,000 people attended Pride Fort Lauderdale in February 2019. The Venue Fort Lauderdale, 2345 Wilton Dr, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33305. The demonstrations proved to be a turning point in the LGBTQ community's struggle for civil rights.Friday, J– Our Night OUT 2019 Stonewall Pride Kickoff –7:00 PM - 11:00 PM. June is Pride Month, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots sparked by repeated police raids on a popular gay bar in New York. Be sure to hug the ones you love tonight." "Our prayers are with the victims and their families. the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival: Greater Ft Lauderdales Largest LGBT Event, will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019. "This tragedy took place within feet of me and my (Broward Sheriff's Office) team, and we are devastated having witnessed this horrific incident," he said. While the parade was cancelled "due to a tragic event", the other festival events continued, it said.īroward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said on Facebook that he had also been at the scene. The Wilton Manors Police Department tweeted Saturday night after the crash that the public was not in danger. "My staff, volunteers and I are thankfully safe," she added. "I am deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost," she said. The festival includes world-renowned entertainers on two stages, more than 100 local and national exhibitors, a food court, and of course, the world-class beaches of Fort. Wasserman Schultz said on Twitter that she was "heartbroken" by what had taken place. The next day’s festival, Fort Lauderdale Pride, is expected to bring more than 120,000 visitors to Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, Sunday, Feb.
In the immediate aftermath, he called it "a terrorist attack against the LGBT community" and claimed the truck had targeted the car of a Democratic congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz - who was in a convertible waiting to take part in the procession - but narrowly missed her.
GAY PRIDE PARADE FORT LAUDERDALE 2019 DRIVER
We anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community's love and support."įort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade, told a local broadcaster he thought the crash was "deliberate". The 77-year-old driver of the truck, identified Monday as Fred Johnson, 'accelerated unexpectedly' before the parade began in Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale Police said in a news release Sunday. "Our fellow Chorus members were those injured and the driver is also a part of the Chorus family. To my knowledge, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the unfortunate accident that occurred when the Stonewall Pride Parade was just getting started," he said in the statement. The driver and the victims are members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus, according to a statement from the group's president Justin Knight, who called the incident an "unfortunate accident".Īlso Read | Brazilians protest Bolsonaro's role in half a million COVID-19 deaths The other remains hospitalized but are expected to survive, she added. Two adult men were transported to a medical centre where one later died, Adamson told reporters in a televised press briefing.